GUIDE 1

ACTIVITY

1. Read this newspaper article and complete the tasks below.

• There are five examples of the present perfect in the article. The first one is
underlined. Underline four more.

2. Write the simple past and past participle of the following verbs.

simple form simple past past participle

1. work worked worked

2. do Did done
3. eat Ate eaten
4. call called called
5. begin began begun
6. give gave given
7. answer answered answered
8. See saw seen
9. Have had had
10. Go went gone
11. Study studied studied
12. Teach taught taught
13. Make made made
14. Talk talked talked

3. Complete the chart below with the correct form of the verb.

simple form simple past past participle

Know knew known
meet met met
be was/were been
fly flew flown
wrote
read read read
live lived lived
fall fell fallen
feel felt felt
take took taken
drive drove driven

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form:

has
• The weather been (be) awful in the past few days.
have
• We washed (wash) the dishes. They’re clean now.
has landed
• The airplane (land) . The pilot is just getting out.

• We have not had (not have) a party for ages.

• have
It did notnotrain__
rained (not rain) yet today.

5. Fill in the blanks.

1. I _have___ finished the job.

• have
• has
• am
2. Have you __eaten____ your lunch?
• eat
• ate
• eaten

3. She __has not returned__ yet.

• has not return
• is not returned
• has not returned

4. I __have never seen__ such a mess.

• never saw
• have never seen
• have never saw

5. __Has ___ he brought his violin?

• Is
• Has
• Have

6. Have you ever __been___ to Australia?

• be
• being
• been

7. I _have read__ all the plays of Shakespeare.

• read
• am read
• have read

8. My parents have nevert hurted___ me.

• has never hurt
• have never hurt
• have never hurted

9. He __has__ always wanted to be a soldier.

• is
• has
• have

10. She __has never apologized__ to anybody.

• never apologized
• has never apologized
• have never apologized